On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 04:22:49PM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote:

> Well what we're after is providing a trigger for people writing test
> scripts to test individual branches before they get merged into next.

> With the goal of trying to keep next usable constantly.

One issue here is that the systems to build and run tests aren't free -
some will be able to cope with scaling up but a lot wouldn't be able to
add many extra branches in.  

> Establishing a branch naming standard like "-pre-next" would allow
> the scripts to test the various branches where available before
> they hit next and warn about issues.

Add enough delays in and someone will end up making a linux-next-next...